Wasfia in Antartica

Wasfia Nazreen?raised the Bangladesh Flag on the Summit of Vinson Massif, highest mountain of Antarctica otherwise known as the bottom of the earth on 4th January at 4:00 pm (Vinson Time) and 1:00 am (Bangladesh Time).
walking with flag walking with partner wasfia bw with flagOver the satellite phone she said “This was the hardest among the summits but I did it for the nation so that we can start 2013 with new hopes that everything is possible if our effort are sincerely put into it”.
Vinson expedition of?Bangladesh on Seven Summitssupported by?BRAC?in collaboration with?bKash Limited?and?BRAC Bank Limited. BDonVinson
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Celebrating Bangladeshi success

While two Bangladeshi women, Nishat Majumdar and Wasfia Nazreen reached the summit of Sagarmatha (Mount Everest), two Bangladeshi men Muntasir Mamun and Mohammad Ujjal?have been riding their tandem across North America. Follow them on their trip. Meanwhile Sarker Protick bags the Prix Mark Grosset and Abu Sufian collects the RSF blog award at the Global Media Forum. It’s time we celebrated.